If we desire knowing path to God Almighty then we must indulge in teachings of sages like Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Maharishi Ramana. Both these spiritual stalwarts reached stage of enlightenment in their lifetime, the only two people to reach God in the last about 150 years amongst 7 billion people existing world over. Swami Vivekananda, the famous disciple […]
The concept of Mahavideh Kshetra more aptly called Videha Kshetra was symbolic, having nothing to do with absolute reality. On the spiritual level Videha Kshetra stood for human beings reaching stage of enlightenment, stage of absolute purity. When a human being emancipates forever beyond cycle of birth and death, one becomes a pure soul atman in the cosmic journey of […]
In a broader context, when we worked for welfare of entire mankind, all means to an end are justified. If Chanakya (the most able administrator in the history of entire mankind) got hundred Kings eliminated in one night, he did not commit any sin as per Lord Krishna. To save lives of millions of civilians and soldiers if a few […]
Only one who reaches god can claim talking to God all the time. After reaching stage of self realization, god realization one can commune with God on one-to-one basis and that too permanently. Having become a pure soul atman, one could easily talk to God every second of life. As per Hinduism scriptures God Almighty was one and only one, […]
The original dictate, gist of Bhagavad Gita, the sermon given by Lord Krishna to Arjuna… all the 700 shlokas verses in Sanskrit along with Hindi or English transliteration is available with Gita press, Gorakhpur, India for mere Rs. 40/= ($.60). Gita press has branches in most cities of India. They also have very elucidated commentaries on Bhagavad Gita by […]
A guru is needed only on path of pure spirituality, never path of religion (rituals). To expedite ones journey towards God, a seeker sometimes needs clarifying vital issues concerning spirituality. Here Mahavira (24th Tirthankara of Jainism, preceptor) says one must indulge in preaching only after becoming an enlightened one… a bodhi, a Jina. In the last about 150 years […]
Bhagavad Gita is the foremost of all sacred scriptures existing on mother earth. In the sermon of Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna clearly says that Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva were only attributes of God Almighty, part of Hindu Trinity of gods. In reality in the entire history of mankind, there has never been one called Lord Brahma, Lord Vishnu or Lord […]
The word meditation stood for yoga in Hindi. Yoga is derived from root word yog which in Hindi means, effort of our soul atman trying to yoke with God Almighty, its original source (Brahman in Hinduism). In Hindi two yog two equals four. Yoga meditation is the path to reach God in present life. It should not be confused with […]
Normal human beings used their brain 1-2%, the balance always lying dormant, unused. Indulgence in yoga meditation, path of pure spirituality slowly activates this dormant portion of brain. As our spiritual progress, accordingly the evolution of brain! Enlightened ones used their brain 100%. For full activation of brain power practicing absolute celibacy for a minimum period of 12 years in […]
The consciousness of a human being is our soul atman, the spirit within that seems to reside in our heart. In absence of consciousness, the spirit within human body was a lump of flesh and bones, nothing more. The moment death of human form occurred on mother earth, the released soul atman immediately manifested a new body to start […]
Hinduism religion, the foremost and oldest of all religions in world… a failure! When the fox did not get grapes, they were sour! Something not within reach, was elusive always took backseat. It is not for people in West to understand what Hinduism was all about. Floating in shallow waters how could one fathom the depth of jnana wisdom contained […]
It was inbuilt into human psyche to react, to agitate whenever our desires wishes were unfulfilled. To come out of this predicament our indulging in karma, nishkama karma way of life was suggested in scriptures of Hinduism. Nishkama karma yoga means indulgence in karma without caring for fruits of karma performed. The normal reaction to this analogy worldwide was, why […]
When young I had few best friends in whom I could confide my inner feelings. With passage of time we went to different schools and parted our ways. There came a time when I had no best friend. As luck would have it, I made God Almighty my best friend. Whenever I wanted to discuss something, I used to discuss […]
Role of luck directly translates to our karma in past lives. If we get lucky in present life at any given moment of time, all owed its existence to presence of positive residual balance of karma from previous manifestations. What if the residual balance of karma was negative, untold sufferings fate befell us! Luck was not something we waited […]
Those indulging in spirituality often used the word inner self, our true self. What does it actually mean for a traveler of spiritual or religious path? Those travelling path of religion particularly in India believed that they were primarily a soul atman, the consciousness within manifesting human form to work out its karma. Beyond that they did not want to […]
If we seriously desire reading unblemished original teachings of Bhagavad Gita, they are available online with Gita press, Gorakhpur, India. The original gist of Bhagavad Gita with Hindi or English transliteration was available for mere Rs. 40/= ($.60). They have many commentaries on Bhagavad Gita by Jayadayal Goyandka; Swami Ramsukhdas… even Adi Shankaracharya. I would advise you going in person […]
Indulgence in karma that creates no further bondage is termed path of nishkama karma yoga. When we offered fruits of karma performed to God Almighty all the time, we did not create bondage any further. Our desires and resulting attachment caused bondages in day-to-day life. To free self from cycle of such bondages, our indulgence in path of nishkama […]
In the present Kali Yuga… Dark Age, metal age enlightenment was difficult to achieve but not impossible. Scriptures of Hinduism say stage of enlightenment is reached by a human being when karma negates to zero forever. In absence of dross impurity within, the need for a pure soul atman to manifest another body ceases to exist. Truly enlightenment was not […]
Gaining enlightenment was not a property of soul atman, the consciousness within. Enlightenment is gained by the physical manifest self. Reaching stage of enlightenment simply means in absence of dross impurities within, karma negated to zero forever… a soul atman gains absolute purity. Every soul atman keeps manifesting again and again until it reaches stage of absolute purity, 8.4 millionth […]
Amoeba (single cell formation) is the first manifestation undertaken by a soul atman, the consciousness within. Medically I have no idea if bacteria also had souls’ atmans within. As detailed in scriptures of Hinduism, this single cell formation further evolves into multi-cell formation, insect life, plant life, animal life and finally human form. For the entire cosmos cycle to complete, […]
Not having a goal in life, overcome with negativity people sometimes experienced bouts of depression. Such incidents often result from caving in to advice from others than our own voice coming from within. This voice of our soul atman coming from within our heart always guides us on right path. To avoid falling into a trap of negativity we must […]
Literal reading is of little help on path of pure spirituality. All sacred texts demand path of contemplation, path of logical reasoning to reach hidden underlying cosmic truths of life. I have come across many people who confirmed they had read Bhagavad Gita several times still, nothing was clear to them. While indulging in day-to-day routines of life, dominated […]
What is spirituality, the path to realizing self, becoming a pure soul atman in the journey of life! Where does this teaching fit into Buddhism? I have been to Dharamsala several times, only to find Buddhist monks engaged in rituals, nothing more. They had no inkling what spirituality as detailed in Hinduism was all about. Siddhartha Gautama gained enlightenment in […]
The teachings of Bhagavad Gita were never meant for normal life. One should indulge in Bhagavad Gita only if our goal of life was reaching God in present life. We just could not ride two boats at the same time. We need concentrating our efforts behind a single goal of life. The most primary teaching of Bhagavad Gita that […]
A spiritualist is one who following path of spirituality desires reaching God in one’s lifetime. In present life to reach God our indulgence in teachings of Bhagavad Gita was necessitated. One single scripture in present times sufficed to realize self, realize god. The 700 shlokas verses contained in Bhagavad Gita were full of jnana wisdom realizing which one finally gains […]
In his book complete works of Swami Vivekananda Volume 2, Swami Vivekananda highlights one should never attach self to karma performed. We must not run after fruits but give importance to karma performed, the path. According to Swami Vivekananda cause for all misery, sorrow existed in non-fulfillment of desires. If we leave fruits of karma performed to God, all our […]
Our inherent nature of being an introvert or extrovert exists from birth. Those who practiced silence most of time were not dumb but often more intelligent than extroverts. By remaining silent within we could channelize all our energies behind a single goal of life. In present people whiled their time in activities that meant nothing on path of gaining success […]
The human life was limited to present earthly domain, a time span roughly totaling 70 to 80 years. It is not human beings who went through cycles of birth and death; it was our soul atman, the spirit within that did so. The cosmic journey of life always belonged to our soul atman, the consciousness within and not the manifest […]
When I started life six years of age I had no inkling where my destiny would take me. Forming a firm goal in life at that young age was totally ruled out. Few years later a relative of mine handed me a copy of “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill. A book addict I went through the book couple […]
Our ultimate attachment is towards our doership, the feeling of I. On path of pure spirituality when everything is left behind, what remained was I of our ego (Aham in Hinduism). To cut across ego is the toughest task of all for every traveler of spiritual path. To reach stage of absolute purity, our subduing ego forever was necessitated. This […]